Tag: Michel du Cille

  • Veteran photographer recounts his first Afghan war assignment

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    Veteran photographer recounts his first Afghan war assignment Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist Michel du Cille discusses his experience documenting the Afghan military’s preparation for the withdrawal of coalition forces. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/07/16/veteran-photographer-recounts-his-first-afghan-war-assignment/ My (Michel du Cille) recent trip to Afghanistan was in a word, challenging. I did not set out on my first Afghan war…

  • Michel du Cille’s last assignment | Poynter.

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    Link: Before he died, du Cille sent Poynter’s Kenny Irby his most recent batch of photos from the region and discussed his ambitions for the project

  • RFK awards recognize late Post photographer Michel du Cille – The Washington Post

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    RFK awards recognize late Post photographer Michel du Cille His work on the Ebola crisis in West Africa is honored. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rfk-awards-recognize-late-post-photographer-du-cille/2015/05/21/0b9c42d6-0008-11e5-8b6c-0dcce21e223d_story.html The organization gave du Cille, who died in December while on assignment in Liberia, its inaugural John Seigenthaler Award for Courage in Journalism as well as the international photography award for…

  • Michel du Cille Honored With NPPA’s Sprague Award | NPPA

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    Michel du Cille Honored With NPPA’s Sprague Award The National Press Photographers Association’s highest and most prestigious honor, the Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award, will be awarded to the late Michel du Cille of The Washington Post. via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/michel-du-cille-honored-nppas-sprague-award The National Press Photographers Association’s highest and most prestigious honor, the Joseph A. Sprague Memorial…

  • A photojournalist’s mission: ‘This is what we do’ | The Sacramento Bee

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    A photojournalist’s mission: ‘This is what we do’ Michel du Cille’s quiet passion is powerfully conveyed in the photographs of his subjects. Dozens of stories over the last week have emphatically described him: extraordinarily empathetic, a witness to history, a brilliant student of people, with professional integrity and personal grace. All true.

  • In Memoriam: Michel du Cille (1956 – 2014) | TIME

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    In Memoriam: Michel du Cille (1956 – 2014) “He worked in images, but his passion was reality.” via Time: http://time.com/3631397/michel-du-cille-obituary/ That he eagerly volunteered to go into combat in Afghanistan after cancer treatment and a pair of knee replacements tells you a lot of what you need to know about Michelangelo Everard du Cille

  • Michel du Cille: A Photographer With Compassion and Respect – NYTimes.com

    Michel du Cille: A Photographer With Compassion and Respect – NYTimes.com

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    Michel du Cille: A Photographer With Compassion and Respect Beyond the three Pulitzer Prizes Michel du Cille won was his determination to portray his subjects with dignity and respect. He died on Thursday in Liberia, where he had been covering the Ebola outbreak. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/michel-du-cille-a-photographer-with-compassion-and-respect/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog “To understand Michel you have to understand that…

  • Washington Post Photographer, Michel du Cille, Dies in Liberia – NYTimes.com

    Washington Post Photographer, Michel du Cille, Dies in Liberia – NYTimes.com

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    Michel du Cille, 58, Photographer Who Won 3 Pulitzer Prizes, Dies For The Miami Herald and then The Washington Post, Mr. du Cille captured people in dire circumstances, including a natural disaster and drugs and poverty. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/business/media/michel-du-cille-washington-post-announces-death-of-a-top-photographer.html?partner=rss&emc=rss “We are all heartbroken,” Mr. Baron said. “We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the…

  • Covering Ebola with Michel du Cille – The Washington Post

    Covering Ebola with Michel du Cille – The Washington Post

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    Covering Ebola with Michel du Cille If he wasn’t shooting a photo, he was thinking of the next photo he was going to shoot. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/12/11/covering-ebola-with-michel-du-cille/ If Michel du Cille wasn’t shooting a photo, he was thinking of the next photo he was going to shoot. He had a head full of messages…

  • Michel du Cille, 58, Dies In Rural Liberia | NPPA

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    Michel du Cille, 58, Dies In Rural Liberia Michel du Cille, 58, a photojournalist for The Washington Post who has been covering the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, collapsed and died today in rural Liberia while hiking back from a remote village. via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/michel-du-cille-58-dies-rural-liberia Du Cille won three Pulitzer Prizes during his career, two for…

  • Pulitzer-prize winning photographer Michel du Cille has died | Poynter.

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    Pulitzer-prize winning photographer Michel du Cille has died We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the world’s most accomplished photographers. Our thoughts and prayers are with Michel’s wife and fellow Post photographer Nikki Kahn, and his two children.

  • Syracuse Disinvites WashPost Pulitzer Photographer Due To Ebola Fears | NPPA

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    Syracuse Disinvites WashPost Pulitzer Photographer Due To Ebola Fears Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Michel du Cille of The Washington Post, who returned from covering the Ebola crisis in Liberia 21 days ago and who is symptom free, was asked by Syracuse University officials today not to come to campus wh via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/syracuse-disinvites-washpost-pulitzer-photographer-due-ebola-fears “If she…